Realm of the Immortals

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟 (ca. 1049-1106)

• Provenance

  To 1918

  Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

  From 1918 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1918 [2]

  From 1920

  The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1295, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Mountains of Immortality: A Focused Look (April 2 to September 25, 2005)

  Virtue and Entertainment: Chinese Music in the Visual Arts (October 1, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

  Chinese Art (May 9 to November 29, 1993)

  Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Centennial Exhibition, North Corridor (February 25, 1956 to November 20, 1969)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Paintings, 1924 (June 2, 1924 to March 14, 1931)

  Chinese Panels and Scrolls (May 2, 1923 to June 2, 1924)

  Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1600s

• Name

  Wang, Jiantang, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Daoist Immortals, Art, Baimiao style, Palace, Chinese Art, Crane, Lotus, Kings and rulers, Pine tree, Mountains, Pavilion, Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Music, Phoenix, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Woman, Musicians

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings